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"You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give."Winston Churchill
Cooperation and giving is better for you than competition and taking
Competitors do not see it this way. To them, making money is an overriding goal so they and their families can live in "style." In the name of money they run in the rat race. When they win and become CEO rats, they wonder why they are depressed and unhappy with their lives.
The reason is simple. They do not have a larger purpose. There is no meaning in the work they do. They are not being helpful to people. They are not givers, but takers. They are not cooperators but competitors. Cooperators have a vision to serve other people. If they help others by doing what they love to do they eventually reach self-actualization.
Self-actualization is the highest need in Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow said
"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be. This is the need we may call self-actualization ... It refers to man's desire for fulfillment, namely to the tendency for him to become actually in what he is potentially: to become everything that one is capable of becoming ..."
The COST of SUCCESS – Is it worth?
Yet most people chase money so they may be called a SUCCESS. Success, what would you do to achieve it? What would you give up in order to win? Would you do what you hate in order to make millions of dollars? Would you slavishly follow rules laid down by others in order to ingratiate yourself with them and thereby get "promoted"?
Competing wildly to make piles of money so that you would be recognized as a success, while all your personal relationships fall apart, seems to be the goal of many. Does it make sense?
The Real Thing
You can achieve the real thing, self-actualization, by seeking ways to help other people in your area of expertise while pursuing what you love to do. Pursuing what you love to do beats competing for success. Instead of sacrificing your body, mind and spirit in the interest of making a buck, you do as you wish. Mark Albion thinks it is a shame to sacrifice this way. He says:
"Do what you love. Whether or not money follows is not vital.
What's vital is that you won't be wasting your life."
Instead of being rewarded by others, reward yourself. The great dancer, Baryshnikov, got it right when he said:
"I do not try to dance better than anyone else.
I only try to dance better than myself."
10 steps to become a Self Actualizer
1. Be willing to change
2. Take responsibility
3. Examine your motives
4. Experience honestly and directly
5. Make use of positive experiences
6. Be prepared to be different
7. Get involved
8. Slow down—observe your surroundings
9. Start a journal—record significant events of your life
10. Assess your progress
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Good Luck
"You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give."Winston Churchill
Cooperation and giving is better for you than competition and taking
Competitors do not see it this way. To them, making money is an overriding goal so they and their families can live in "style." In the name of money they run in the rat race. When they win and become CEO rats, they wonder why they are depressed and unhappy with their lives.
The reason is simple. They do not have a larger purpose. There is no meaning in the work they do. They are not being helpful to people. They are not givers, but takers. They are not cooperators but competitors. Cooperators have a vision to serve other people. If they help others by doing what they love to do they eventually reach self-actualization.
Self-actualization is the highest need in Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow said
"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be. This is the need we may call self-actualization ... It refers to man's desire for fulfillment, namely to the tendency for him to become actually in what he is potentially: to become everything that one is capable of becoming ..."
The COST of SUCCESS – Is it worth?
Yet most people chase money so they may be called a SUCCESS. Success, what would you do to achieve it? What would you give up in order to win? Would you do what you hate in order to make millions of dollars? Would you slavishly follow rules laid down by others in order to ingratiate yourself with them and thereby get "promoted"?
Competing wildly to make piles of money so that you would be recognized as a success, while all your personal relationships fall apart, seems to be the goal of many. Does it make sense?
The Real Thing
You can achieve the real thing, self-actualization, by seeking ways to help other people in your area of expertise while pursuing what you love to do. Pursuing what you love to do beats competing for success. Instead of sacrificing your body, mind and spirit in the interest of making a buck, you do as you wish. Mark Albion thinks it is a shame to sacrifice this way. He says:
"Do what you love. Whether or not money follows is not vital.
What's vital is that you won't be wasting your life."
Instead of being rewarded by others, reward yourself. The great dancer, Baryshnikov, got it right when he said:
"I do not try to dance better than anyone else.
I only try to dance better than myself."
10 steps to become a Self Actualizer
1. Be willing to change
2. Take responsibility
3. Examine your motives
4. Experience honestly and directly
5. Make use of positive experiences
6. Be prepared to be different
7. Get involved
8. Slow down—observe your surroundings
9. Start a journal—record significant events of your life
10. Assess your progress
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Good Luck